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PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS 

 LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0. 02 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: SELWAY CREEK 

 County: Beaverhead 



USGS quadrangle: KITTY CREEK 



Township-range: 008S015W Section: 27 

 Township-range comments: SW4NE4 



Survey date: 1987-06-19 Elevation: 7200 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1989-06-29 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



BLOODY DICK CREEK DRAINAGE, SLOPES ABOVE SELWAY CREEK, ABOUT 

 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RESERVOIR LAKE; ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF 

 MONTANA-IDAHO STATE LINE. 



Element occurrence data: 



SIX PLANTS OBSERVED, IN 2 CLUMPS (1987); 10 PLANTS COUNTED IN 

 1989; PLANTS ASSOCIATED WITH STEEP ROCK OUTCROP AREAS, AND 

 NOT OBSERVED IN DENSER SURROUNDING VEGETATION. 



General site description: 



ROCK OUTCROPS; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, WITH 

 ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM, PHACELIA FRANKLINII, SEDUM 

 LANCEOLATUM, LUPINUS SERICEUS, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS 

 CONTORTA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1344), 1987, MONTU. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1987. FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY OF 

 16-19 JUNE; SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1989. FIELD SURVEY OF 

 SOUTHWEST MONTANA, 26-30 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Penstemon I emh i ens i s 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



